Sunday Morning Lyrics

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Caroline, or Change the Musical - Sunday Morning Lyrics

DOTTY:
Mornin? Caroline.

CAROLINE:
Morning Dot.

DOTTY:
How you doin, girl? Doin alright?

CAROLINE:
I can't visit now, it's gettin late.

DOTTY:
Mrs. Gellman call, looking for you.
You ought to call her, say you quit.

CAROLINE:
I ain't said I quit.

DOTTY:
Ain't been to work there
For five days, honey;
That sure sound like quit to me.

CAROLINE:
Oh I got to go to Church, Dot.
I need to pray.
Said and done some things this week I'm sad about,
And I need to pray.

DOTTY:
Caroline, Emmie is young, she don't know about you,
About what you'd do if you'd a mind to.
Change yourself, Caroline, learn something new!
Show her your fire, show her your grit,
Show her your new face?

CAROLINE:
And what? And do what?

DOTTY:
Call the Gellman's and quit.

CAROLINE:
And then my three childrens can beg for they feed.
Dot, I need?
Dot. It too late.

DOTTY:
I never see you so sad.
We known each other all these years.
Caroline, my heart bleed for you,
But folk can't just surrender to their fears.
I know it hurt to change.
It actually hurts, learning something new,
And when you full-grown, it's harder, that's true?
It feel like you got to break yourself apart,
It feel like you got to break your own heart,
But folk do it. They do.
Every day, all the time,
Alone, afraid, folks like you.
You got to let go of where you been.
You got to move one from the place you're in.
Don't drown in that basement. Change or sink.
Let go, forget, move on.
This ain't time for prayin. You got to think.

CAROLINE:
I'm going to Church now,
And I'm going to pray.
And from now one, only God hear what I have to say.
Cause only God can hear what my heart mean to state.
When I talk to people, all that comes out is hate.
Cause I hate. That all.
I hate.
I know what I'm doin, Dot.
I need nothing from you.
I want you to go.
Out my yard.
We through.

DOTTY:
I heard that?
Take care.
I'll get out of your hair.
You go on and pray.
Tell God Dotty say hey.
Tell Him I'm doin perfectly fine.
Sure is a pleasant mornin. Mornin, Caroline.

Caroline, or Change the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
16 Feet Beneath The Sea
The Radio
Laundry Quintet
Noah Down The Stairs
The Cigarette
Laundry Finish
The Dryer
I Got Four Kids
Caroline, There's Extra Food
There Is No God, Noah
Rose Stopnick Can Cook
Long Distance
Dotty and Caroline
Moon Change
Moon Trio
The Bus
That Can't Be
Noah and Rose
Inside / Outside
JFK
No One Waitin
Night Mamma
Gonna Pass Me A Law
Noah, Go To Sleep
Noah Has A Problem
Stuart and Noah
Quarter In The Bleach Cup
Caroline Takes My Money Home
Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw
Santa Comin' Caroline
Little Reward
1943
Mr. Gellman's Shirt
Ooh Child
Rose Recovers
I Saw Three Ships
The Chanukah Party
Dotty and Emmie
Mr. Stopnick and Emmie
Kitchen Fight
A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why
I Hate The Bus
Moon, Emmie and Stuart Trio
The Twenty Dollar Bill
Caroline and Noah FIght
Aftermath
Sunday Morning
Lot's Wife
Salty Teardrops
Why Does Our House Have A Basement?
Underwater
Epilogue